Ultimate Double Feature: Donnie Darko & The Evil Dead

What is an “Ultimate Double Feature”? You might ask… Y’know when the characters in a movie go to see a movie and it feels really meta… Well, with an “Ultimate Double Feature,” we play the first movie up until the point when the characters enter a cinema to watch a different film… and then we play the film that they are going to watch… and then we go back to the first film and finish out that story. For instance, imagine if you were watching Annie Hall up until Woody and Diane decide to go and watch The Sorrow and the Pity and then it cut to the entirety of The Sorrow and The Pity, and then it went back to Woody and Diane coming out of the cinema in Annie Hall. (Don’t worry, we’re not doing that one).

In DONNIE DARKO, about halfway through the movie Donnie and his new girlfriend go to a double feature of THE EVIL DEAD and The Last Temptation of Christ at The Aero Cinema in Santa Monica. We’re skipping the Scorsese half of that bill and only focusing on THE EVIL DEAD for this Ultimate Double Feature. For extra authenticity, THE EVIL DEAD screens on 35mm film!

(Please note: both films also screen as a regular double feature on Sun, March 1.)